How America Polarized

Becca and I grew up in a Midwestern college town. Our friendship was built around small-town life: college football, barbecues by the lake, and so on. If you had asked us about politics, we both would’ve been fairly moderate—and unconcerned—in our replies. It just didn’t matter much, we thought.

Then we went our separate ways. I, to a liberal, urban university; she, to a conservative, rural college. Life got more complicated. Our friendship faded.

And, as you can guess, we polarized.

In the years sense, I’ve become increasingly liberal, and she’s become increasingly conservative. Now, we think, politics really matters.

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